Momentum lost
I was going to talk about being sure that you've informed everyone about your new contact information as my MasterCard bill is still being sent to my parent's house... but I think I've complained about this before.
I was going to ramble on about how I haven't finished moving all my stuff out of my parent's house to my place (e.g., Transformers, Star Wars, board games)... but I think I mentioned this a few weeks back.
I was going to bitch about the telephone company... there is always time for that in my opinion; but if I was going to do anything like that, I should be praising the wonderful representative I spoke with regarding my mobile phone (different carrier than my land-line - no surprise there). I'll save that for another night.
I was going to say a lot of things about living in this place, but I noticed one thing tonight: I've lost my momentum.
No! Not to blog... never that. My drive to get everything in order and everything in it's place. The mirror for my new bedroom set is still sitting in cardboard against the wall. The speaker stands I bought on Boxing Day are still wrapped in their plastic blister packs. All the boxes of miscellaneous junk/ crap/ stuff that I've stored in the basement are still (for the most part) unordered. You see, I decided I'd take a day off over the Christmas break to do 'whatever' and I haven't seemed to make it back to doing 'house clean-up and organization' again.
I think that it was talking to another home-owner today at lunch that triggered this realization for me. Someone else seemed surprised that I still hadn't completely unpacked my place, to which I turned to the aforementioned friend and said, “um, have you unpacked your place yet?”. Of course, he said no. If memory serves, he's been there almost two years now.
So what to do? I have stuff that does need to be sorted, frames to hang, speakers to mount, mirrors to install, coffee tables to buy... lots of things to do. I place the blame partly on Need for Speed: Underground which managed to control my every waking moment of free time for the seven days I had it from the video store (excellent game, I must say - and I'm not a racing-game person), but that has since (sadly) been returned. How can I get back on track?
I'm hoping that acknowledging the problem is the first step... but maybe that only works for addictions. My most common excuse is that I'm waiting for the weekend to arrive, but they whip by faster than... well, I'll skip the video game analogy here. My suggestion to me is: plan and set goals. I'd start with the speakers, but I really should wait for the weekend if I'll be drilling into my walls. So... okay, here it is: hang my poster frame (complete with Pink Floyd poster) in the computer room before the week is out (stay tuned for an update later in the week).
As for everyone else, I make the unrealistic suggestion of not stopping. Yup, just move in (preferably in one day... don't drag it out) and then spend every other waking minute sorting and cleaning and organizing your place because once you stop. You are done.
Either that or buy a lot of shelving for the basement. Your call.
I was going to ramble on about how I haven't finished moving all my stuff out of my parent's house to my place (e.g., Transformers, Star Wars, board games)... but I think I mentioned this a few weeks back.
I was going to bitch about the telephone company... there is always time for that in my opinion; but if I was going to do anything like that, I should be praising the wonderful representative I spoke with regarding my mobile phone (different carrier than my land-line - no surprise there). I'll save that for another night.
I was going to say a lot of things about living in this place, but I noticed one thing tonight: I've lost my momentum.
No! Not to blog... never that. My drive to get everything in order and everything in it's place. The mirror for my new bedroom set is still sitting in cardboard against the wall. The speaker stands I bought on Boxing Day are still wrapped in their plastic blister packs. All the boxes of miscellaneous junk/ crap/ stuff that I've stored in the basement are still (for the most part) unordered. You see, I decided I'd take a day off over the Christmas break to do 'whatever' and I haven't seemed to make it back to doing 'house clean-up and organization' again.
I think that it was talking to another home-owner today at lunch that triggered this realization for me. Someone else seemed surprised that I still hadn't completely unpacked my place, to which I turned to the aforementioned friend and said, “um, have you unpacked your place yet?”. Of course, he said no. If memory serves, he's been there almost two years now.
So what to do? I have stuff that does need to be sorted, frames to hang, speakers to mount, mirrors to install, coffee tables to buy... lots of things to do. I place the blame partly on Need for Speed: Underground which managed to control my every waking moment of free time for the seven days I had it from the video store (excellent game, I must say - and I'm not a racing-game person), but that has since (sadly) been returned. How can I get back on track?
I'm hoping that acknowledging the problem is the first step... but maybe that only works for addictions. My most common excuse is that I'm waiting for the weekend to arrive, but they whip by faster than... well, I'll skip the video game analogy here. My suggestion to me is: plan and set goals. I'd start with the speakers, but I really should wait for the weekend if I'll be drilling into my walls. So... okay, here it is: hang my poster frame (complete with Pink Floyd poster) in the computer room before the week is out (stay tuned for an update later in the week).
As for everyone else, I make the unrealistic suggestion of not stopping. Yup, just move in (preferably in one day... don't drag it out) and then spend every other waking minute sorting and cleaning and organizing your place because once you stop. You are done.
Either that or buy a lot of shelving for the basement. Your call.
